NAME
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-git-checkout - Checkout and switch to a branch
+git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
SYNOPSIS
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may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
--track::
- When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
- set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
- retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always
- pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
- don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly.
- This behavior is the default. Set the
- branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you
- want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
- '--no-track' were given.
+ When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull
+ will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be
+ a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch
+ into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull
+ <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default
+ when the start point is a remote branch. Set the
+ branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want
+ git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if '--no-track' were
+ given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
+ start-point is either a local or remote branch.
--no-track::
- When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
- set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data
- from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge
- configuration variable.
+ Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.
-l::
Create the new branch's reflog. This activates recording of